Some rock stars age better than others

The headline on this Dutch record fair campaign says "Discover just how great your old heroes still sound".

But I'm not so sure about that...

Dead since 1997

Dead since 1977

Half dead (and it was the good half, too)

Dead since 2009

Apparently retired

On tour

I get the concept. But the whole point of listening to those records is that they are frozen moments in time. On vinyl (or CD or MP3) Elvis is still The King. Bowie's whatever he was that year. The Beatles are both fab and gear. And they couple who do still play live are actually old, with thickened cocal cords and mellowed stage presence.

No, this campaign misses why records are so special. They are time machines. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Via AOTW

David Bowie on the 10-Pound Note

Only in Brixton, though.

The September 2011 issue of The Brixton Pound, a monetary equivalent meant to promote local spending in Brixton, South London, includes portraits of Bowie, basketball player Luol Deng, British historian and educator Len Garrison and WWII spy Violette Szabo.

An interesting group, to be sure. Bowie graces the tenner in his iconic Aladdin Sane makeup. I have a US Dollar at home with a picture of Bowie as the Thin White Duke on it somewhere, but it is not legal tender.

I wonder which incarnation would go on the Loonie? The laughing gnome?

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